Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium | Keynote Address (January 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102033 102033-21803378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI)

The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) in collaboration with the Ross School of Business and the MLK Planning Committee, announces the annual 2023 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, one of the largest celebrations of the life and legacy of Dr. King sponsored by colleges and universities in the nation. Throughout January, the MLK Symposium provides the community with over 40 opportunities to participate in lectures, live performances, exhibits, workshops, and community service projects sponsored by academic and non-academic units, student and staff organizations, and community groups. The historic MLK Symposium Memorial Keynote Lecture will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Hill Auditorium will feature three speakers:
Dr. Aletha Maybank, Physician, Chief Health Equity Officer, and Vice President of the American Medical Association
Mr. Edward Buckles, First-Time Director and Best New Documentary Director Winner of The Albert Maysies Award for the documentary, Katrina Babies
Prof. Earl Lewis (Moderator), Social Historian, Award-winning Author, Educational Leader and Director of the UM Center for Social Solutions

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:45:28 -0500 2023-01-16T10:00:00-05:00 2023-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) Conference / Symposium Graphic illustration depicting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with other imagery of fists and protestors within a dynamic color scheme
The Power of Restorative Justice (January 16, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101817 101817-21802380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 16, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Fania E. Davis talks about using restorative justice to promote community peace and healing — to interrupt the racialized school to prison pipeline and mass incarceration, to transform historical harm against African-Americans, and to address other injustices.

Davis is a long-time social justice activist and civil rights trial attorney, and has been active in the Civil Rights, Black liberation, women's, prisoners', peace, anti-racial violence, and anti-apartheid movements. She is a professor and scholar with a PhD in Indigenous Knowledge, and is the founding director of Restorative Justice of Oakland Youth in Oakland, California.

This event is part of the U-M Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:04:06 -0500 2023-01-16T14:00:00-05:00 2023-01-16T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Lecture / Discussion Fania E. Davis
Winter 2023 Masterclass in Activism with Angela Harrelson (January 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102430 102430-21804044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Center for Racial Justice proudly welcomes Angela Harrelson to the Ford School and the University of Michigan as our Winter 2023 Masterclass in Activism speaker. Angela Harrelson is the aunt of George Floyd, as well as the author of Lift Your Voice. Joined in conversation by Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the Interim Dean of Ford School and Founding Director of the Center for Racial Justice, Ms. Harrelson will share her journey into racial justice activism and the work that she is currently doing in this space. This Masterclass in Activism event is hosted by the Center for Racial Justice and co-sponsored by U-M's Democracy & Debate.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:02:35 -0500 2023-01-20T16:00:00-05:00 2023-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Workshop / Seminar Winter 2023 Masterclass in Activism with Angela Harrelson
Riot or Rebellion?: The Meaning of Violent Protest from the 1960s to George Floyd (February 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103296 103296-21806757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This event is part of the Institute for Social Research series in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This hybrid event will take place at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.) with live viewing available via Zoom https://umich.zoom.us/s/92773421482.

The decades since the civil rights movement are considered by many to be a story of progress toward equal rights and greater inclusiveness. Elizabeth Hinton uncovers an altogether different history, taking us on a troubling journey from Detroit in 1967 and Miami in 1980 to Los Angeles in 1992 and beyond to chart the persistence of structural racism and one its primary consequences, the so-called urban riot. Dr. Hinton offers a critical corrective: the word riot was nothing less than a racist trope applied to events that can only be properly understood as rebellions--explosions of collective resistance to an unequal and violent order. Challenging the optimistic story of the post-Jim Crow United States, Hinton's discussion will present a new framework for understanding our nation's enduring racial strife. As her history suggests, rebellions will likely continue until police are no longer called on to manage the consequences of dismal conditions beyond their control, and until an oppressive system is finally remade on the principle of justice and equality.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:41:12 -0500 2023-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Riot or Rebellion?: The Meaning of Violent Protest from the 1960s to George Floyd